<p><b><i>A retired ambassador''s life is in Andy Roark''s hands in this explosive, fast-paced mystery featuring the Vietnam veteran turned private investigator.</i></b><br><br><b>"Page-turning . . . the balance of plot and character is perfect" <i>Publishers Weekly</i> Starred Review </b><br><br><b>"Roark is genuinely likeable (not too tough, but not a patsy)" <i>The New York Times</i></b><br><br><i>Boston, 1985</i>. Private Investigator - and former Special Forces operative - Andy Roark knows he doesn''t fit in with the regular clientele at the Harvard Club, and that''s fine by him. He''s at the elegant bar for one reason only: to meet with the former ambassador of Laos. Ambassador Gordon Stevenson has a job for him . . . and Roark''s here to turn it down. <br><br>So what if Stevenson''s been getting death threats? After what he did during the Vietnam war, the lives lost under his incompetent command, Roark''s almost tempted to cheer his would-be assassin on. But then Roark finds out